On the precipice of another birthday, I have discovered a self-confidence enough to admit that The Sound of Music is one of my favorite films and the song including Maria's favorite things during the lightning storm is one of my favorite scenes. Most people will tell you that the very best thing about your 40's is the inner peace to be yourself and...

When I first started this food blog, one fresh plate, a couple of years ago, I did it to reset myself through making myself dinner on Friday evenings. This blog went through many Friday evenings of my attempts at eating more healthy, learning to take food and beverage photographs, falling in love, enduring a very difficult break-up and wreckage and...